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J. T. SMITH.

UMBRELLA 0R PARASOL GATGH.

No. 366,522. Patented July 12,1887.

wi cwaooeo STATES NITE UMBRELLA OR PARASOL CATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,522, dated July 12, 1887.

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To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. SMITH, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellaor Parasol Catches; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to spring-retention dc vices for umbrellas or parasols; and it has for its objects the construction of an improved catch especially adapted for use with solid sticks, to do away with a slot in the lingerpiece of the catch and a pin or rivet extending through the same, which are usually employed to hold the finger-piece within the stick, and to dispense with other parts which also are generally employed.

My invention consists of two parts: first, a spring and rivet in one piece, and, second, a stop or rivet adapted to hold the catch in position.

My invention is illustrated in the {M30011} panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of a section of stick with my improvement applied thereto before the same is riveted; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5, details.

In the drawings, A is the spring finger bar or catch, made of sheet metal. It is turned at a right angle at one end to form a prong, b. At the opposite end it is provided with a shoulder, 0.

D is a space cut in the stick, of a form adapted to receive the spring-bar A. The bar is inserted in the space D, and the prong b driven through the stick or passed through ahole drilled for that purpose. In Fig. 1 this prong is shown as extending a considerable distance beyond the stick. When so extended, the exccss may be cut off and a rivet formed of the end to retain the spring in the stick.

E is a stop-pin having a head, a, and is driven or otherwise passed through the stick until the head 0 rests upon the shoulder O of the catch. \Vhen the pin E is of such length that it extends through'and beyond the stick, the excess may be cut off and the pin riveted against the stick.

By my invention the employment of separate and detachable springs to give elasticity to the catch is dispensed with, and also inner casings or a slotted plate to hold the catch in place is unnecessary.

\Vhat I claim is- A runner-holder consisting of a stitI metal spring finger-bar, A, having at one end a prong, b, adapted to extend through the stick and be riveted thereto, and at the opposite end a shoulder, G, in combination with a bradshapcd pin, E, adapted to extend through the stick and be riveted thereto, with its lip resting upon the said shoulder, to hold the catch in place without other holding devices, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of three witnesses.

JAS. T. SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

A. T. BALL,

E. D. SMITH, E. MAWHINNEY. 

